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2002 TJ Magna - The only mod is the 2.5" exhaust and what I was told a 'racing' cat coverter. One day I'll crawl under there and take a closer look. https://wi.somethingawful.com/fa/fa6d0a681240772710a38d6f86d265bf47fc72c5.jpg https://wi.somethingawful.com/ad/adfa2014eb9afa883222b72fcaff4af28ed0b151.jpg (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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joey deere posted:I had a wagon version the same year and colour, it had 225,000 km on it when I sold it and it never had any problems or needed anything other than oil and filter changes for as long as I owned it. I got this with 42,000 on the clock. Just rolled over 80,000 and I've never had a single issue. Not only that I have the tripmatic auto box which means it's an auto but you choose when the changes happen and aparently it ignores the rev limiter when doing this. The highest I have ever hit on the tacho is 7200rpm in first. Basically what I think I am trying to say is that these things are tough as nails and dirt cheap. It's my everyday car and my beater in one!
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BAN ME PLEASE posted:Took these about ten minutes ago. My friend is in the same boat as you except he took a slightly differant approach. Instead of waiting for it to die from natural causes he turbo'd it and it now runs a 14.1sec 1/4 mile. Edit: His is the four though
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Dec 21, 2008 00:50
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-Spiffy- posted:I like the little lip spoiler too, suits the car nicely. Be nice if we got these cars in Oz =\ I've called Hyundai a couple of times and told them I will buy one of these things if they bring it here. Meanwhile, This is the state of my current ride but I've got the cash to fix start work soon. I'm just waiting on parts.
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Mar 5, 2010 03:12
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You Am I posted:What happened to the Skyline? The short version is that I am an idiot. The long story is that I lost control on a dirt road trying to avoid a rock that in hindsight would have done a lot less damage than the ditch I ended up in. I've just ordered all the body new body panels(including a nismo front bar) - and I should hopefully have enough cash left over after the repairs to do some upgrades but I'm not sure what yet.
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Mar 5, 2010 05:56
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Rubiks Pubes posted:Didn't you post a Youtube video of this? I did indeed. It's taken me this long to save up the cash to get it fixed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iGgo4P9LqY ExecuDork posted:Glad to hear it'll be back on the roads soon, though. I've been taking photos of the destruction and I'll be getting the body shop to take shots as they put it back together. I'll post a thread then. Someone post their ride so we can stop focusing on me and my bad driving skills. 
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Mar 6, 2010 03:00
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chomper posted:I loving love these. Why does America get the lovely cars?! Around my area there are so many of these things running around most people call them Commonwhores. 
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Jul 19, 2010 00:52
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Das Volk posted:When I see people posting cars like this, it's like seeing someone post an e-machines from 1998 in SHSC. except Morgan Freeman doesn't use an emachine?
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Mar 29, 2011 04:57
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How easy is it to take that back canopy off? I've seen poo poo loads of these and for some reason never even considered it came off because I've never seen a local one without it.
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May 21, 2011 11:14
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travisray2004 posted:Dumb question; is gas expensive down under? I can't think of another country apart from the U.S. that loves their V8s as much as Australia. Adding to what Hunter said: It's also a massive country and price can change fairly dramatically depending on where you are. I pay about $1.60AUD per litre where I live but on a recent road trip I traveled nearly 3000km's and paid anything between $1.25 in metro areas and a painful $1.80AUD a litre out west. I didn't even leave my home state - I just drove from one end to the other.
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Jun 15, 2011 03:11
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I want that dash to be an option on every new car.
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Aug 20, 2011 01:31
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sadnessboner posted:Interior! '63 Holden Special My father had a '63 EH special for about 20 years. Such a solid car.
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Feb 7, 2012 01:33
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MiniFoo posted:My friend in Japan bought a kei car! gently caress yes. I would import this in a heart beat if I could.
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Aug 22, 2012 23:02
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meatpimp posted:It's like the opposite of a car mullet -- Sports in front, kids in the rear (and I wish I could get one in the US). It didn't always look so sporty - it had a different front bar and headlights that didn't support a front-mounted intercooler. That and it didn't survive a trip into a ditch at speed. Here's what it looked like sitting in the car yard in Osaka where it was built and lived until I bought it. 
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Aug 23, 2012 01:05
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dissss posted:A decade old now but still running great four doors is the right amount of doors for skylines but what happened to the hotplates? Did they just put them on the GT-R after some point?
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Aug 24, 2012 13:46
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Hey, Whats the pod? My father just got a 500 twin-air and the only option they offer here is sat-nav for $600 bucks.
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Aug 29, 2012 00:29
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VolumeOverTalent posted:Turbo pressure gauge and shift light. I think they're located on the bottom left side of the wheel in the US versions. Hmmm, The twin-air has a turbo on its 875 cc I2. - I wonder if it's compatible. Fiat Australia though doesn't actually appear to be awake because we cannot find anyone who wants to sell us stuff for it.
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Aug 29, 2012 23:18
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Amazing EJ. Does it have its original engine? My mother drove an EJ wagon when I was born and her left leg was noticeably larger due to the clutch. Then my father had the strangest midlife crisis and bought an EH wreck and restored it until it won 'Best Classic Holden' two years running locally. Why is this a strange mid-life crisis? Because like me my father hasn't got a mechanically bone in his body and ended up basically paying for his mechanics retirement. He sold it a few years ago to buy something easier to drive(Fiat 500 twinair which I will be grabbing some sound from once my gopro arrives) but he loved that car. Here is my dad's '63 EH Holden Special (it's got a red 186 in it though):    edit: while look at these images I had vivid flashbacks of walking on that bonnet as a ten year old. It didn't bend or bow. tobu fucked around with this message at 00:13 on Feb 3, 2013 |
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Feb 3, 2013 00:08
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kimbo305 posted:Are you talking about the roof air scoops like this? Because if you are... nope nothing like them. They are basically just to stop the harsh Aussie sun melting you to some green vinyl. Ours used to hum so loudly at above 35 mph you couldn't hear the cars single speaker radio. The radio was called the air-chief and it actually was removable from the dash so you could take it on picnics. sadnessboner posted:Thanks. It's got a red 149 and a floor shifted toyota four speed in it now, along with a HR disc brake front end. Very smooth Cortina. Meanwhile, Those disc brakes must be a god-send - Our car barely stopped on the drums but even when it did it was enough to make you slide off the slippery vinyl because it had no seat belts just some straps from the roof that you wrapped around your wrist. And you have four toyota gears? luxury! We had three on the tree with no synchro on two and three.
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Feb 3, 2013 22:32
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Dinosorcerer posted:This is my car, so it goes in this thread: That is an amazing looking car. I think the 33's look a little chubby as they get older but the R32's rock my socks. Meanwhile do you have your HICAS locked? That gravel scares me.
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Apr 12, 2013 23:00
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Dinosorcerer posted:I gotta say I still like the R33. The GTS/GTS-T look a bit out of proportion but the GTR's still look great. There were a few at Racewars keeping the quality up: I had a think about it and I actually don't have many GTR r33's up here in North Queensland and if they exist they have terrible eBay front ends and led tail lights. RB's are just drat tough. I daily drive my R34 GT-T sedan and I'm mean but it just thanks me with tyre/fuel bills and smiles. I've even raised the rev limiter by 200 to 7000rpm and it's running double stock boost(14-15psi)but the RB25DET NEO is just so happy to be flogged. Meanwhile, about HICAS: I'm keeping my Super HICAS unlocked but with just RWD on gravel it is dangerously sketchy and wrong feeling. Glad it works well with the AWD. How popular in WA is it to drop the twin turbos of the rb26 and jam on a single massive speed snail? It's all that seems to happen up here so they can chase numbers for the non-existent motorsports events. It makes me giggle because I started with RWD and a single turbo and some GTR's have given up both AWD and twin turbos to be just like my much cheaper family sedan.  Anyway, moving away from my car here is another SA members car:  BobTheDestroyer helped me wax and polish my car today (poo poo! I'm still talking about it - Does this happen to anyone else?) but I couldn't convince him to spend some money on some upgrades for his VZ Ute. What you cannot see in this picture is its red leather interior and LS1.
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Apr 13, 2013 09:54
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Dinosorcerer posted:I daily drive mine too, and it doesn't mind getting up around the 7500-8000rpm limit. Have you taken yours to any circuits up in QLD? Barbagallo Raceway over here is a lot of fun to fang around on, there's a great little elevation change through the esses (T2 and 3) which is so satisfying to take flat out. I sadly haven't hit any circuits at all. The only thing in town at the moment is a go-cart track but they are currently planning a hopefully decent Motorsports facility. I find out in May how far away from me it will be and how long before it is finished but I'm still pretty excited about that. I haven't posted any decent photos lately because I only have a dodgy camera phone and a gopro which I am terrible at using. Here it is after a polish:  Bonus r31 in a car park:  
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Should I be surprised that I took this picture outside of the hospitals acute mental health ward? Both the r32 and r33 had damages from attempted break ins so I didn't stay long.
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Aug 13, 2013 01:56
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blk posted:My high school dream was a Lotus Esprit V8. You are not alone. Someone at my university daily drives this Esprit and always parks it in the free parking. This means he is always parked on dust and wedged into trees.   First image has a bonus slither of my friends AI Datsun 120Y.
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Michael Scott posted:
This is what I like about cars. This guy has a Camry and he loving loves it. As for doing actual performance mods on the Camry? I can put you in touch with someone who dropped nearly ten grand slamming a turbo into his but he probably doesn't want to talk about it. In fact, he'd rather you never mentioned it.
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I'll talk to him today and see if he is keen.
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Nov 3, 2013 23:55
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xcl08 posted:Well where do I start. I owned a 1993 Toyota Camry. Thanks for posting this. I remember that Camry well; I even remember your mum hooning it around for a while. That said, I like the princess (XR6 UTE) better. PeterWeller posted:That is rad. My first car was a '92 Camry, I treated it like utter poo poo because I was a stupid 16 year old, and it paid me back by being completely indestructible. I loved that car. It was a loving tank, and it's why despite how boring they've become, I still have a soft spot for Toyotas. I know another goon who was in a similar boat with a 89 Camry that just wouldn't die. When he finally decide it had had enough his father painted it pink and resold it. It's still going four years later.
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LtDansMagkLegs posted:Probably the only semi-interesting vehicle I have at the moment. 1973 240z, everything mostly original on it. These are suitable for 'P' plate drivers in Queensland and teenagers around me are buying them and doing awful awful things to them which also raises the price of decent examples.
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You Am I posted:Desperately needs an Unimog or Bushmaster Living up in Townsville I drive past Lavarack Barracks everyday on my way to work and often see literally hundreds of Unimogs and a few dozen Bushmaster parked up. The other day I got stuck behind a duck (with soldiers standing on the back playing at being indicators) and its not uncommon to come round a corner and see 10+ bushmasters rolling down the highway.
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This isn't my ride exactly but its what I am driving for the rest of the week after I took my skyline through about two feet of water and a fan belt decided it wanted to be free. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfsPxmybAbQ 875cc twin cylinder turbo'd motor hooked up to a god awful robot manual transmission producing 63 kW @5500 and145 nm @1900.
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Posted this little beast already but its seen some action this week so here it is with a matchbox version that is only marginally larger: and here it is after it got punted by a school bus (not full size, a Benz Sprinter):   Seeing that a school bus full of kids was involved in the accident police, ambulance and fire services showed up along with three tow-trucks who tried their best to convince me not to drive the Fiat home. They spouted all sorts of bullshit like 'its got undeployed airbags' and that my insurance wouldn't cover me if I drove it after an accident. They were real cocks about it but all were impressed with how little damage the car took seeing as the bus was not driveable due to undeployed airbags(taped off by firemen) and a busted coolant system. I think it didn't take much damage because although stopped I didn't have the brakes on so it just pushed me out of the way. Got the insurance quote today: $5,800. It's the only thing harder than the headrests. tobu fucked around with this message at 03:10 on Jul 1, 2014 |
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KozmoNaut posted:
Oh, I guess I forgot to mention I live in bumblefuck nowhere and everything not only has to make it to Australia but then it needs be trucked about 1800km to me. Also It'll be needing a new rear hatch due to a crease in a really bad place and we are paying a premium because only one repair shop in town uses PPG paint and if insurance is paying we'd rather it not dealt with by the local cowboys. I will add to the chorus of praise for these tough little italian go-carts. I've given people joyrides in it (absolutely no other cars with a two cylinder engines around) and even 'car guys' don't notice the damage unless its pointed out to them. CharlesM posted:I drive every day with undeployed airbags. I'm trying to work out how I could fix the wheel poke on the matchbox but I think it would be better if instead I just put massive spacers on the 500. Can anyone explain why the head rests are so hard? I know they serve their purpose well enough but why couldn't they be just a bit softer?
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Geology posted:
Both those cars are rocking but drat its nice to see an FJ in some dirt. Nearly all of them around here are just billboard cars for real estate agents or giant mum taxi's. I guess this is because the hardcore offroaders around here just get themselves 70 series Land Cruisers instead. I'm told they are being discontinued there is still plenty of them around.
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I'm here to defend my wounded pride, GIGANTIC penis, and automatic gearbox. Its all about the individual box - I'm not saying all slushers are good but some have their perks. Mine for instance is 13 years old, pushing way more power than it should, and it: - doesn't drop any boost through changes - lets you bounce the rev limiter as much as you like (when using the paddles) - lets me poodle to work with almost zero effort - locks up the rears when you down shift too early It also: - probably drains more than 50kw of power - won't shift hard before warming up - won't allow me to do hard launches I'm hoping to get it rebuilt with a shift kit and 3.5k stally next year but I'll have to ship it about 5,000km's to Perth from Townsville because I want it done properly and all the local shops have no experience with them. (I miss driving a manual but not much)
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Nov 26, 2014 05:22
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Out of its comfort zone in the scrub: Bonus Bluebird: 
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ExecuDork posted:It's been ages since I've told you how much I like your car. Hey, Thanks. I'm just starting to love it again myself - it made me very sad for a while after the cooling system shat itself, the rotors got more warped than Kirk and then the HICAS gave up and started making the most amazing noise during left handed turns. Most of thats been fixed now. A few months back it got a big arse alloy radiator which cost me only a 100 bucks new. Some DBA slotted rotors went on last week with some QBS Endless pads and today I'm hoping my shipment of Federal RSR 595 semi-slicks arrive. I'm going to have to wait to get a HICAS locking bar on because I want to buy some sway bars and do it all at the same time. The final steps for this year will be a monochrome set of number plates and the bonnet resprayed in matte black to cover up the peeling, fading poo poo job the last panel beater did. sadnessboner posted:At this point the bluebird has to be rarer than the skyline. I can't remember the last time I saw close to that tidy Its the 'Adventurer' pack too which I'm told is looked after. The bloke who owns that has two other Bluebirds and a couple of Datsun 120Y's. Its actually in quite good nick up close. The only thing that really lets it down is that all the carpet is slowly turning into dust which is fun to inhale. tobu fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Jan 9, 2015 |
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Voltage posted:My fiancé and I have collectively bent 3 rims on NYC potholes in my Fiesta ST this winter. That stupid thing has insane low profile rubber band stretched tires over its 17" rims from the factory. I don't get it. I avoid potholes like a champ most of the time, but sometimes you have no choice but to hit them in traffic. I don't get it either. In my younger days I slammed some 18's on my car with some rubber bands for wheels. Nice rubber bands too - RE001's with nice thick sidewalls. A week later a cyclone blew through and hosed up our roads with pot holes which in turn hosed up my new rims. Oh and train tracks here routinely exist in 80km areas and easily stick up a few cm. They gently caress poo poo too. I'm now using the stock rims and I love it. That said, When the AC gave up recently I made the mental leap to start calling it a beater so I don't feel bad about driving it into the ground. Also, the bigger wheels and stock ride height made it look a little too raised: 
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Shrapnig posted:The driving position was literally crippling me. Holy poo poo the pedal position is loving terrible. I'm driving a twin-air with the 5 speed Dualogic and my right calf is all sorts of hosed up from just switching between the throttle and brake pedals. If this thing had a clutch pedal it would be completely undriveable.
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Mooseykins posted:Truckwash. Super-concentrated truckwash. Will it remove water staining on window glass? I've tried a few different washes and even a loving razor but that stuff seems keen to stick around.
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